People QuickFacts	Wilson County	North Carolina
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	76,624	8,856,505
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	3.8%	10.1%
  	Population, 2000    	73,814	8,049,313
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006    	7.0%	6.9%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006    	25.1%	24.3%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006    	13.2%	12.2%
  	Female persons, percent, 2006    	52.1%	51.0%
  	White persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	58.8%	74.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	39.4%	21.7%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.3%	1.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.7%	1.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a)    	Z	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006    	0.8%	1.1%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b)    	8.4%	6.7%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006    	51.0%	67.9%
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	55.6%	53.0%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	4.9%	5.3%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	8.1%	8.0%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	69.4%	78.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	15.1%	22.5%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	18,361	1,540,365
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	21.0	24.0 			
  	Housing units, 2006    	33,518	4,028,959
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	61.2%	69.4%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	19.5%	16.1%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$86,400	$108,300 			
  	Households, 2000    	28,613	3,132,013
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.51	2.49
  	Median household income, 2004    	$34,649	$40,863
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$17,102	$20,307
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2004    	17.5%	13.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Wilson County	North Carolina
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2005    	1,812	216,994
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2005    	33,336	3,409,968
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005    	-4.3%	0.7%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2005    	3,956	583,495
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	4,912	642,597
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	14.6%	8.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	2.1%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.0%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.4%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	21.8%	27.1% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	5,825,580	156,821,943
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	900,710	104,331,152
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	779,219	88,821,486
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$10,393	$10,686
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	90,512	11,237,386
  	Building permits, 2006    	520	99,979
  	Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)    	435,504	55,233,420

   	Geography QuickFacts	Wilson County	North Carolina
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	371.09	48,710.88
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	199.0	165.2
  	FIPS Code    	195	37
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Wilson, NC Micro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts